We are Pearson, the world’s leading learning company and we are looking for energetic, proactive and consultative sales professionals who have a passion for education. You will be part of the high performing National Sales team as a Primary Sales Consultant covering the East of Scotland, managing your own territory to maximise your opportunities targeting primary schools. You will meet with key decision makers including headteachers, Subject leaders/co-ordinators, to understand their challenges and articulate how our products and services can support them in raising children’s attainment.

A day in the life of a Pearson Sales Consultant…..

Planning your strategy for targeting schools - working with data provided and CRM to identify opportunities

Building your diary - booking your own and working with an Appointment Setter to secure meetings ensuring that your diary is geographically managed

Continually updating your knowledge of curriculum and our products and services to ensure you present the best proposition for the customer

Qualifications

So who are we looking for……

You don’t need to have any prior experience in the Education sector, although we do like to hire people who have a genuine interest in this sector. We provide a layered approach to training with the opportunity to shadow experienced colleagues in order to gain knowledge.

We do require you to have experience of successfully managing a sales territory, consultative B2B sales, have excellent organisational skills and the ability to assimilate independently and deliver new information to a range of key decisions makers. Last but not least you need to have a positive and determined attitude to work.

So if you have a passion for connecting with people, influencing others and are driven to supporting schools in achieving the best for their pupils,, then we would love to meet you to discuss the role further.

Benefits of the role….

A job that fits around School term-time (195 days per week)

Annual Sales bonus

Ongoing Training and development with a Sales Academy launch this year

Company car

Competitive pension scheme

Red letter day points (linked to sales revenue) to spend on life’s luxuries

Private Medical Insurance

Employee discounts

Location….

This is afield based role, covering the East of Scotland. Your territory will include:

At Pearson, the Global Leader in Education Services, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.